Are fly agaric mushrooms (Amanita muscaria) psilocybin mushrooms?
No. Fly agaric mushrooms (the fairytale toadstools with white spots
on red) belong to a different family and should not be confused with
psilocybin-containing mushrooms. Rather than psilocybin, the key
chemicals associated with the psychoactive effects include ibotenic acid
and muscimol. Effects can include twitching, drooling, sweating,
dizziness, vomiting and delirium, very unlike the fairly mild physical
effects of psilocybin mushrooms. Fly agaric mushrooms do not appear to
be a popular recreational drug. In the UK, when the sale of fresh
psilocybin mushrooms became controlled, some shops started selling dried
fly agaric mushrooms as a non-controlled alternative. However, there is
a risk that these type of products might contain a range of added
substances, especially when powdered samples are involved. The fly
agaric and commercially available products of that nature should not be
considered a legal alternative to psilocybin mushrooms as their effects
and risks are very different.
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